31.03.2008 Derek Vard, Complete TelecomComplete Telecom recently appointed Derek Vard as chief financial officer. Vard will be responsible for the entire finance function of Complete Telecom, overseeing a re-organisation and streamlining of the business as the company strives for significant growth over the coming years. Vard has extensive experience as a financial professional, with over […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Complete Telecom recently appointed Derek Vard as chief financial officer. Vard will be responsible for the entire finance function of Complete Telecom, overseeing a re-organisation and streamlining of the business as the company strives for significant growth over the coming years. Vard has extensive experience as a financial professional, with […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Aiming for a wider market, internet company Yahoo! has launched a new women’s site http://shine.yahoo.com/ Shine, which it hopes will capture the estimated 40 million females online, aged between 25 and 54, who visit its portal each month.
Whether Yahoo! will, as per its mission statement, create one single […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Telecoms and broadband company Perlico is to embark on a €2m advertising campaign to promote its new broadband package.
Every household in Ireland will receive an information leaflet outlining details of the new Freedom Bundle, which offers calls, broadband and line rental for €39.99 a month.
“This package represents our […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The reality is that public sector IT projects have performed well despite over-ambitious targets having been set.
Bad news sells whereas good news is, unfortunately, often ignored. The Government is usually castigated for non-delivery or under-performance, especially in the area of e-government.
The reality is that, compared to the commercial […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Digiweb has doubled the speed of most of its residential broadband services.
All new and existing customers of Digiweb’s most popular residential broadband package Metro Home will see speeds increase today from 3Mbps to 6Mbps. Metro Xtra will double from 5Mbps to 10Mbps.
The entry-level Metro Value package will increase […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A security breach occurred on job-seekers site Jobs.ie late on Thursday 27 March, when what the company described as a ’small number’ of CVs were illegally downloaded by a third-party that hacked the site and gained access to the database.
Several CVs were downloaded before Jobs.ie was alerted. While […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]An Irish website specialising in personalised Thank You cards for baby gifts has revamped its website with an online proofreading and editing tool.
The site http://www.babycards.ie”>www.babycards.ie allows parents to create customised Thank You cards for gifts received after birth. The site was set up in 2004, with a sister […]

31.03.2008 Baby card website gets revampAn Irish website specialising in personalised Thank You cards for baby gifts has revamped its website with an online proofreading and editing tool. …
31.03.2008 CVs illegally downloaded in Jobs.ie security breachA security breach occurred on job-seekers site Jobs.ie late on Thursday 27 March, when what the company described as a […]

[31.03.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The collective approach to new ventures, sharing of knowledge and DIY networking ethic of the blogging community are all underpinning the rise of the mass collaboration trend driving the industries of the future, the co-author of best-selling business book Wikinomics, told siliconrepublic.com.
Anthony Williams, who was in Dublin […]